She was born in Athens, on 7 February 1950, and started her career as a journalist from the woman's magazine PANTHEON (Greek: ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ).
She has studied law in the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.
She was member of the Town Council of Athens from 1986 to 1994.
In February 2006 she was acting mayor for a week replacing Dora Bakoyannis.
In 2007, she was elected MP of the Greek Parliament for the first time.